India's Power Elite

India's Power Elite is a study of the nature of power and elitism in postcolonial India. Its point of departure is the political transition under way in twenty-first-century India with the marginalization of the Congress Party and the staging of a cultural revolution symbolized by the rise of Hindu majoritarianism. Baru deconstructs the morphology of the Indian power elite-comprising remnants of a feudal gentry kulaks a metropolitan business class the civil services and a cultural elite of opinion-makers. He also examines the role of caste class and culture in the emergence of a 'New India'. Aimed at the socially engaged reader this book will interest both students as well as those who wield power.